Knockdown stool



Oct. 12 1926.

' W. CONWELL ET- AL KNOCKDOWN STOOL Filed 001:. s. 1923 7% WWW/L44 WILLIAM 'con-wELL AN n oriannnon 'MAH NEY, 0F ELwoon,

I DIANA, ,essrcrtons fro a1. SELLERS & sonsooiviranr, or ELWOQD, INDIANA, A CORPORATION or IN- DIANA. r

I KNOCKDOWN s'rooL.

, Application' filed October 8, 1923. Serial No. 667,128.

This invention relates to an, article of 'furniture ofthe typein which the legs and sup port can be disconnected and removed from the seat so that all of the parts can be separated and compactly assembled for shipping and packing. The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and '1 arrangement of the several parts. f

In the accompanying drawing, Fig.1 is an elevationof a stool construction in accord 'ance with the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the'line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 illustrates a modification of the leg supporting connector; This stool is particularly designed and in tended for use as a household work stool,

7 and is particularly designed for use in connection with kitchen cabinets and the like although it may have a more general 7 use whereverapplicable. To accompany a kitchen cabinet it is desirable that the stool may be knocked down or partlally disassemloled so that it canbe included in one of the drawers in shipping it. It is also an advantage to have a knockdown stool which can be taken apart and compactly arranged for storingvit away or for shipping it wherever desired, V

In the present invention there is a seat 1 preferably circular in shape constructed of wood or any other suitable'materials, and in the bottom are a plurality of holes or re cesses 2, one for each of the legs, disposed at an angle to each other and to the axis of r the seat.

- A plurality of legs 3 are provided, each formed with a lower portion of uniform diameter, and an upper enlarged portion 4, which provides acircular shoulder '5 about midway of the leg. The upper end of each leg is formed with a reduced portion 6 which fits closely in any one of the inclined recesses 2, and at the lower end of the leg is a glider 7. I

Connecting the legs are cross pieces 8 and 9 each having inclined perforations 10, at the ends to receive the lower portions of the legs 3 but abutting the shoulders 5 there-- of. These holes 10 are at substantially the same inclination as the recesses 2' at the bottom of the seat, and the cross pieces are correspondingly notched so 'that they engage all of the shoulders 5 in substantially the same plane parallel with the seat.

i In order'to secure the legs tothe seat, a

against a washe'r'15 to draw the cross pieces tightly against the shoulders 5. In taking the stool .apart'the assembling operation is reversed, the thumb screw is first removed whereupon the legs can be .andremoved from 1 loosened from the seat, the cross'pieces. Eventhe cross pieces can be taken apart and the rod ll removed from the seat so thatthe parts may be separated or compactly, assembled, as desired. t

Instead of boring-the holes 10 at an angle, as shown more clearly: in F ig; 2, cross pieces l6and' 17 may be provided with straight holes 18 at their ends preferably somewhat oval in shape through which the lower portions of the legs may be freely supported and the upper surfaces of the cross piece may be recessed or cut away at 19, adjacent the inner ends of ,the'holes 18 so that the shoulders 5 of the legs may be more nearly seatedthereby. In this case the fastening rod 11 and the connections are the same as shown in the other form of the inventions This cut away portion 19 may also be adoptthe construction shown by the other figures.

t We claim: 7

1. In a knock-down stool, a seat with holes in'the underside, a plurality of legs with ends insertable in'the holes and having-in termedlate shoulders, means connect1ngopposite legs and engaging the shoulders by perforations through which the lowerends w of the legs are inserted, and fastening'means for tightening the said engaging means against the, shoulders.

2; In a stool, the combination with a seat having holes in the bottom, of a plurality of legs each insertable in one of the holes, the legs being formed with a shoulder intermediate the ends, cross pieces for connect ing the opposite legs having perforations through which the legs are inserted until the cross pieces engage the shoulders, and means lflfi for drawing the, seat and the cross pieces toward each other to tighten them on thelegs. I

' leg holes in the bottom, a plurality of legs insertable in the holes, and each leg having a reduced portion ofuniform diameter Which forms a shoulder intermediate the ends thereof, cross pieces connecting opposite legs With perforations through which the reduced portions of the legs are inserted until the cross pieces abut the shoulders thereof, a headed rod extending through the seat and cross pieces, and tightening means at the lower end of the rod for drawing-the cross pieces against the shoulders a-n d holding the seat in position. I

e. In a stool of the class described, a seat and legstheretor "with circular shoulders intermediate the ends, cross pieces vvith' perforations through which thele'gs are inserted at anan'gle to the vertical axis of the stool, the upper surface of the-cross pieces being 'cut away at an angle adjacent the perforations thereof to "better enga'ge 'the shoulders of the legs, and means ior'draw ing' up the cross pieces'and the seat to" tighten them on the legs.

'5. A knockdown stool comprising seat having soclrets at the underside thereof to receive the upper ends of the 'legs'in detachable engagement therewith, legs reduced in diameter at an intermediate point to provide shoulders and having their upper ends closely -fitting the aforesaid sockets, crosspieces detachably connected to'gether centrally and at'their outer ends engaging the shoulders on the legs,a11d means extending from the seat engaging the cross-pieces to clamp the latter against the shoulders and rigidly connect the parts of the stool together.

:6. A knockdown'stool comprising a seal having sockets at the underside thereof to receive the upper ends of the' legs in detachable engagement therewith, legsreduced in diameter for a portion of their lower length to provide shoulders and having their upper ends closely fitting the aforesaid sock ets, cross pieces detachably connected to gether centrally and havingholes through their outer ends through and below which the reduced lower. portionof the legse'x'tend so that the shoulders Will engage the upper side "oi said cross-pieces, a rod connected to and extending; "from the center of the seat With its lower end threaded and passed through the connected cross pieces at the center thereof, and a clamping nutthreaded on the lower end o'fthe'rod' against the cross pieces to rigidly connect the parts'oi? the stool together.

WILLIAM cont ELL. CLARENCE -MAHONEY. 

